Thursday, March 24, 2011

I'm beginning to fall in love with Thai language that's why I want to learn more. Who knows this can be my third language...

During our flight to Thailand, I took the chance to copy some basic Thai conversational basics through the airline magazine. Aside from that, I took courage to ask for more Thai basics from our friendly fellows from Thailand.

I've learned that the polite suffix khráp is for men while for women it's khâ. These can and should be attached to all phrases when talking with strangers. The suffix depends solely on the speaker's gender. Also, the pronoun for "I" is phǒm for men and di-chǎn for women. Sounds exciting right? So let me share to you what I've got:

Hello -Sawasdee khrap / Sawasdee kha

Thank you! - Kob koon khrap / Kob koon kha

How are you? - Sabai dee rue?

Fine - Sabai dee

What is your name? - Khunh chue arai?

My name is _____ - Phom cheu _____ / Di-chan cheu _____

Nice to meet you - Yin-dii thii dai ruu-jak

Goodbye - La gon

Where is ____ ? - Yoo nai?

Hotel - rong-raem

How much does this cost? - Nee tao-rai khrap? / Nee tao-rai kha?

Very expensive - Paeng maag

You are beautiful - Khun-suay / Khun-law

I love you the most in the world - Chan-rak-khun-tee-sud

I cannot speak Thai - Phood Thai mai dai

I can speak only little Thai - Phood Thai dai nit noi

Please speak slowly - Phood cha-cha

Water - Nam

Shirt - Sua

Miss - Nong

Mrs - Nang

Delicious - Aloi

Watch - Nalika

Bag - Krapaw

I found the Thai language very cool to learn. We actually used most of it in many occasion during our visit in Thailand especially when we were introduced to new found friends, when we are on the shopping malls (at night market!), etc.